Yang Hao heard Mu Qingxuan say a few words, he couldn't wait any longer, he immediately boarded the car and drove straight to the prefect's yamen, and ordered Bisu, Mu Yu and others to go separately to find the adults, and they all went to the prefect's yamen to meet. Yang Hao drove to the prefect's yamen, changed his clothes, changed his official robes, and went straight to the lobby. At this time, Fan Siqi, Lin Pengyu and other government officials had already heard the news and arrived.

Seeing that the officials had not arrived, Yang Hao first asked his staff: "I heard that the relatives of the Mutuan training envoy rushed from the grassland to defect?" What is the population, and where is it now? ”

Lin Pengyu hurriedly said: "Yes, my lord, the relatives of the Mutuan training envoy have rushed to defect after hearing the news, there are 1,322 accounts, 5,446 people, some of whom have been settled in the back valley, dug caves, and built sheds for them to live in. Their people carried a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, and in order to facilitate grazing, Lao Yu set up pastures more than ten miles outside the valley for them to build tents to live and graze. ”

Luling Valley is said to be a valley, because except for the exit in front, it is surrounded by mountains. The valley is winding and winding, stretching back along the mountain, not a straight passage. The widest part of the valley is fifteen or sixteen miles, and the narrowest part is only five or six miles, after Yang Hao's prefect's yamen, and then go around, there is still a huge space, to go out of nearly twenty miles, the ground slowly closes, disappearing in the mountains and mountains.

According to Yang Hao's plan, after tens of thousands of people were registered and sorted out, the areas were demarcated according to the administrative divisions of the townships, and small villages and towns were scattered in the valley and stretched backwards. As soon as you enter the valley, this spacious space is directly in front of the prefect's yamen, which is built on the left and right of the prefect's yamen, which is the accommodation of the subordinate officials. On both sides of the front valley, there are inns, shops, restaurants and other commercial and entertainment venues. The caves on both sides of the valley mouth are dug and connected inside, and serve as Tibetan caves.

Lin Pengyu's arrangement not only took care of the living habits of the Li Guangcen people, but also relieved their worries, and the arrangement was reasonable. Yang Hao nodded and said: "The arrangement is very good, whether it is the Khitan or other ethnic groups, but there are multiple ethnic groups living together, most of them are managed according to their ethnic customs and living habits, for example, the Khitan has set up the South Courtyard and the North Courtyard to manage the Han and Khitan people respectively, which is a reasonable arrangement." Otherwise, over time, disputes will arise, and they have different customs, which must be taken into account, and cannot be unrealistic and forcibly integrated, and this kind of thing requires a long process. ”

Lin Pengyu only said yes, Yang Hao asked them about the progress of civil affairs during this time, Cheng Dexuan, Li Guangcen, Ke Zhenwei and other civil and military officials had arrived, Yang Hao lined up their seats and let them sit down one by one, and then asked about the reasons and processes of the recent conflicts with other tribes.

It turned out that in the days since Yang Hao left, the business between the people of Luling Prefecture and the Dang Xiang Qi clan was booming. At the same time, many people who had no livelihood for the time being went into the mountains to hunt, pick wild fruits such as millet seeds, or sell them or dry them for storage, while the hunting wild animals were pickled with animal meat and nitrate fur for winter. Originally, these spontaneous actions were very good, and the people had something to do, and the hesitation and anxiety that hovered among the people disappeared.

But the hunters went far away, and gradually came into contact with some small Qiang tribes living in the mountains. These tribes are not large, and the largest are only a few hundred people. After some small tribes of Qiang people came into contact with them, they knew the existence of these Han people in Luling Prefecture, so they took their hunted animal skins and wild animals to Luling Prefecture to sell, because there were many merchants in Luling Prefecture, most of their animal skins and animal meat could be sold at a good price, and then buy some coarse tea, salt and cloth back, it can be said that they were all happy, after the news spread, there were Qiang tribes farther away to trade with them.

However, the Qiang tribes were not all friendly, and these small tribes also knew how to trade etiquette, while those of the larger tribes were more arrogant and barbaric, and sometimes they bought and sold by force, and they inevitably quarreled with the merchants of Luling Prefecture. At the same time, there were also many thieves among these Han merchants, who often engaged in shoddy tricks to deceive them when bartering, and the conflict between the two sides began to escalate.

These Qiang people suffered a loss, and when they returned, they gathered their tribesmen to make trouble, and at first they were just relatives and friends, and once the two sides fought, it quickly turned into a war for the entire tribe. Originally, Cheng Dexuan also regarded these incidents as civil disputes and wanted to mediate and deal with them, but those Qiang people didn't know what the royal law was, they first came to provoke trouble, and then they turned into robbing halfway to vent their anger and robbing the rich businessmen who came and went.

As soon as they got the sweetness, these people were even more knowledgeable, and more and more people were gathered, they roared in the mountains and forests, and simply pretended to be bandits, and regarded Luling Prefecture as a piece of fat to be taken and wanted, Li Guangcen and Ke Zhenwei The two regimental training envoys hurriedly organized regimental training patrols and defenses, and after several vicious battles with them, the conflict between the two sides became more and more intense, and it has developed into a war between the Han people in Luling Prefecture and the local indigenous Qiang people.

In order to prevent them from sneaking into Luling Prefecture from time to time to kill the people and loot goods, Ke Tuanlian set up police posts around him, but these newly formed Minzhuang were not the opponents of those barbaric Qiang people, and the people of Luling Prefecture really suffered some big losses. Fortunately, at this time, thousands of Li Guangcen's tribesmen came from the Tufan grassland, and this tribe, regardless of men, women, and children, were skilled in riding and shooting, and Mu En recruited young and strong people from them to join the militia group, which made up for the shortcomings that many of the local people were farmers who had just put down their hoes, and their combat effectiveness was not strong enough.

Yang Hao's eyebrows furrowed tightly when he heard this, and he glanced at Li Guangcen and said, "Mu Lao, which clan of the Qiang clan are these Qiang people?" In his mind, he had secretly formed an alliance with the Seven Clans of the Party, and as the co-leader of the Seven Clans, could he not restrain these Qiang people, why would it be out of control?

Li Guangcen looked at his eyes and knew his intentions, so he said: "Lord Futai, the Qiang people have many tribal branches that do not belong to each other, and the so-called eight clans of the party are only the eight clans with the largest ethnic group. In the Hengshan area, the largest part is the Yeli clan, but there are many other tribes, these large and small tribes are scattered in the Hengshan area, the big ones are only three or five hundred tent people, and the small ones are only dozens of tent people, but the total number is thirteen or four thousand tents. They herded and hunted, and learned to farm from the Han Chinese, and these Qiang tribes were just as brave and warlike as the Yeli clan, especially in the mountains, but they were not under the jurisdiction of either the Xia Prefecture or the Lin Prefecture. ”

Yang Hao touched his nose and said in amazement: "There are at least sixty or seventy thousand Qiang people in more than 10,000 accounts, so many people, but they don't care about the heavens and the earth, and the three feudatories ignore them?" ”

When Cheng Dexuan served in front of the Northern Han Army from Bazhou, he had carefully studied the geographical situation and cultural situation in the northwest, and he also knew a little about the situation here. ”

Yang Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "What is appeasement?" ”

Cheng Dexuan smiled faintly and replied slowly: "The so-called appeasement is to grant him official positions and give him money to the Qiang people in Hengshan, and not to pay taxes and levies, but to ask them not to cause trouble." The Qiang people in Hengshan are wild and untamable, and they have lived with the Han people for a long time, and they have learned to be cunning and abnormal. Sometimes they fall to Xiazhou, sometimes to Linfu Erzhou, relying on their own respect, it is extremely difficult to govern. ”

He didn't know that Mu En and the others were Qiang people, so they were unscrupulous in their evaluation, and when he saw Yang Hao listening to it, he took a sip of tea and talked eloquently: "My Song people often distinguish between these Qiang people by raw and familiar households. The division of raw and cooked households is based on geography and whether they are civilized or not, but the most practical is whether the leaders of each department are subordinate to the Song Dynasty. Those who surrender to the Song Dynasty are familiar households. But this familiar household is not immutable, when it surrenders to the Song Dynasty, it is familiar, and one day it is reversed, and it becomes a raw fan again.

In the past, the wars in Fuzhou, Linzhou and Xiazhou were together, and these Qiang people who were not subordinate to either side were vigorously lured, and the two states of Linfu continued to lure the raw households into mature households with generous profits, while the Xiazhou coerced the mature households to become raw households. Over time, the Hengshan Qiang people are well aware of the benefits, and they have become cunning, capricious, and arrogant. ”

Li Guangcen, Mu En and the others were stunned when they heard this, as if they were ashamed of having such a clansman, Yang Hao was silent for a long time, and looked at Ke Zhenwei and said: "Ke Tuanlian, how are the casualties in these battles?" ”

Ke Zhen got up and said: "Lord Futai, the first few days were just a personal grudge between the Qiang people and my Luling Prefecture businessmen, a few people were killed, and more than a dozen people were injured, but then the Qiang people reported that under the open attack and secret attack in the past few days, the casualties of the people of Luling Prefecture have been no less than hundreds, and the regiment has also broken more than 20 people, and it is ......."

Yang Hao regarded the people of Luling as relatives, and when he heard that hundreds of people had been killed or injured, he was already full of anger, and when he heard him hesitate, he raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice: "And what?" ”

Ke Zhenwei was swept away by his gaze, his body couldn't help but be shocked, and he replied worriedly: "It's okay if the people of Luling Prefecture are injured, but they also attack the merchants, seize their wealth, and kill their people. Two days ago...... Two days ago, a businessman surnamed Huang came to my Luling Prefecture with his daughter, but the road was attacked by Hengshan Qiang gangsters, the goods were looted by them, and the female dependents were killed by their rounds...... The merchant surnamed Huang was divided into five horses by them, with his head and limbs...... Scattered all over the place, I waited for miles to find it before I found it. It made the businessmen everywhere panic, and the road was deserted for the past two days, and no businessmen dared to come. ”

Yang Hao took the case with his hands, his eyes gradually became red, Ke Zhen looked at him evilly, he had always been elegant, but now his eyes were a little hideous, and he didn't feel a little frightened, he didn't dare to look at him, Yang Hao was silent for a long time, and sneered: "Okay!" What a good means. What about the injuries of the people of my Luling Prefecture? ”

Before Ke Zhenwei could answer, he heard the crying outside the yamen, which was very noisy, Yang Hao was startled, and hurriedly went out of the door, Cheng Dexuan, Li Guangcen and others glanced at each other, and then followed. Yang Hao walked out of the mansion, only to see a black pressure outside the yamen, and hundreds of people shouted: "Lord Yang is back?" Lord Yang is the master of Xiaomin......"

As soon as he saw the door of the house open, Yang Hao walked out of the door, and those people fell to the ground one after another, snorting their heads on the ground, and some people screamed sadly: "My lord, my lord, the good fields I opened and the wooden houses I built were all destroyed by the barbarians in Hengshan, and I beg the adults and the people to be the masters." ”

A white-haired old man crawled to Yang Hao's feet, hugged his boots and cried silently: "My lord, my lord, Xiaomin's grandson is only six years old, he has never died in the hands of the Khitans, he has never died in that barren land, but he was killed by Hengshan barbarism, they ...... They took my grandson to the tip of the spear, and my lord ......"

The old man didn't finish a word, and spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow", and fainted.

All the people, you say a word to me, although what you say is fragmented, but it sounds shocking. Yang Hao only heard his subordinates say in the yamen, "The people have suffered hundreds of casualties", but he didn't know that his situation was so miserable. Yang Hao's eyes were red when he heard this, and there were tears in his eyes, and the tears were faintly red as if they were dyed with blood.

He raised his hands high, and the shouts of the people immediately stopped, only a suppressed cry: "Fellow villagers, your affairs are already known to this government. ”

Yang Hao paused, suppressed his anger, and said: "This mansion has just rushed back, and I am discussing this matter with all my lords, fellow villagers, please go back, your relatives are my relatives, this matter, this mansion must judge impartially and give everyone an explanation." ”

Yang Jincheng led the servants who stopped outside the yamen to persuade loudly, and those people had always believed in Yang Hao, and after obtaining his promise, they retreated in tears. Yang Hao stood with his hands in his hands, and only then did he turn around and return to the mansion until these people retreated one by one.

As soon as Yang Hao returned to the lobby, he "snapped" the book case and shouted angrily: "Although I don't have a strong army in Luling, but the strong city and high walls are not enough to protect myself?" Although Minzhuang has not been training for a long time, he has also conducted fake war training when he was doing business with the Dang Xiang Qi clan, and he ...... The Mu Lao people, thousands of grassland herdsmen came to vote, all of them were superb in riding and shooting, how could they ...... Why can't you keep this Luling Prefecture? ”

All the officials lowered their heads, and after a while, Li Guangcen said softly: "Lord Futai, the Hengshan Qiang people are good at riding and shooting, and they are especially good at setting up ambushes and attacks in the mountains and jungles. Our fortress is not yet complete, and it is mainly aimed at strengthening the defenses outside the valley, and these Qiang people mostly attack along the mountain range, this is one of them.

In the past two days, Ke Tuanlian and his wife have strengthened the defense of the back valley and the mountains behind the valley, arranged manpower, and designed many hidden traps and tripwires. They are small in number, dozens or hundreds of people, as few as three or five people or more than ten people, and they come and go freely in the reeds, and it is extremely difficult to find. And because there are few people, you only need to carry a small amount of dry food, and you can lurk in the left for a long time, which is really unguardable. ”

Yang Hao let out a long breath and sat back in his seat and pondered. All the officials and staff were watching his expression, this time the matter was very tricky, and if it was not handled carefully, it would cause irreconcilable contradictions with the local natives, causing even greater conflicts.

These Hengshan Qiang did not belong to any one party, and they did not even have a well-established social system, and there was no subordination between the various tribes, so it was not easy to establish contact with them politically, economically, or culturally. I want to find a Qiang leader to sit down and talk, but I don't know who to look for.

However, although there is no unified leadership, these Qiang people have a lot of hatred for the same enemy, and the local three feudatories are used to conniving at them, and they have developed their arrogant and arrogant temper.

There is no one more familiar with and more in control of the geography than these local natives. They were born and grew up, and their eyes and ears are everywhere. Whether it is Xiazhou, Fuzhou, or Linzhou, they are all fortress-style garrisons in this area, and once there is a war, they will not hesitate to bribe these Hengshan Qiang people.

In addition to the fact that the Hengshan Qiang people are brave and good at fighting, they are afraid that they will fall to the opponent, and another main reason is that the various fortresses communicate with each other, transmit intelligence, and transport grain and grass, all of which are inseparable from the cooperation of these locals, otherwise once they start a guerrilla attack and stumble and drag their feet, then this battle will not be able to be fought.

The test was the first major test after Yang Hao served as the prefect of Luling. Whether Luling Prefecture can gain a foothold, although there are many dangers and obstacles, not every ordinary person has that vision, and only a few people at the top can see that kind of crisis. And the current conflict with the Hengshan Qiang people is a pain in the skin for every people. If we do not provide protection and confidence to the people, it is difficult to say that these people will not flee Luling Prefecture and become scattered people everywhere, or even become bandits.

Especially after the Hengshan Qiang people attacked the merchants, the Dangxiang Qiang people naturally did not worry about transporting all kinds of materials here, because they not only had the same clan as the Hengshan Qiang people, but also had more powerful forces than the scattered Hengshan Qiang people. However, the merchants who came from Fuzhou Prefecture and the Central Plains could not have strong military protection, and the merchants in Luling Prefecture did not even have some bodyguards.

If this matter cannot be properly resolved, and once and for all, no matter how big the profits are, the businessmen will no longer come to Luling Prefecture to risk death to do business, there is business to do in the world, why bother to come here to take risks, Yang Hao's plan to develop industry and commerce and establish a 'special zone' in special areas will be stillborn.

Yang Hao pondered for a long time, slowly raised his eyes, and asked gloomily, "Mu Tuanlian." ”

Li Guangcen is his father-in-law, but few people know about this relationship, including his current identity as the co-leader of the seven clans of the party, and in front of others, the two must maintain the identity of master and slave officials. As soon as Yang Hao shouted, Li Guangcen immediately got up and hugged his fists and said, "Lord Futai." ”

Yang Hao asked: "If my Luling Prefecture and the Hengshan Qiang people are head-to-head, what are your chances of winning?" ”

Li Guangcen's eyes stared, but he saw that Yang Hao's eyes were just staring at the flag and arrow on the case, and he didn't look at him, he didn't know what Yang Hao's mind was, so he had to answer truthfully: "My lord, the Luling Prefecture People's League has just been established, and it is not enough to protect itself, and there is no strength left to go on the expedition." However, the subordinate clansmen came from the Tibetan grassland, and these thousands of clansmen, all of whom were good at riding and shooting, and brought a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, which could be used. Although there are nearly 100,000 people in Hengshan, the Qiang people in Hengshan are divided and scattered, and the largest tribe is less than a thousand tents, so if I send troops, unless the Hengshan Qiang people form an alliance and form a group, elect a co-leader, and order Yu Yi to form a large army, it will definitely not be our opponent. ”

Yang Hao's eyes flashed slightly, and he said, "Ke Tuanlian." ”

Ke Zhen flashed out, clasped his fists and saluted, "My lord." ”

Yang Hao said: "The Hengshan Qiang people are accustomed to fighting in the mountains and jungles, and your Mu Kezhai was originally built on the mountains and mountains, and you are also familiar with fighting in the mountains and jungles. This government asks you, if the Qiang people of Hengshan attack in the reckless mountains again, can you prevent them from invading my Luling Prefecture again and abusing and killing the people of Luling? ”

Ke Zhen said with a wicked fork hand: "Returning to the Futai Lord, the lower officials only brought more than ten Zhuang Ding from Mu Ke Village, and the local regiment is still short in the time to train the people, if it competes with Hengshan Qiang in the reckless jungle, it is currently ...... I really can't. However, if we only prevent them from invading our Luling Prefecture and the enemy attacking and defending us, we have taken advantage of the territory, and if we do something in the jungle in advance, the lower officials will be sure to stop them outside the valley. ”

"Good, good." Yang Hao slowly raised his head, with a gloomy smile on his face: "I just heard what Mu Lao said, the attack of the Qiang people in the party is really unguardable. I want to come...... is also the truth, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves? Since this is the case, you can't defend it, so let's attack, what do you think? ”

The officials looked at each other, and Cheng Dexuanchi asked, "How do you want to be treated?" ”

Yang Hao gritted his teeth and smiled deeply, and said, "In the other way, give back to the other." ”

He straightened up, and his palm was like a knife, slashing down diagonally, and sneered: "Ke Tuanlian is responsible for the defense, and the copper wall of my Luling Valley hammer is like an iron wall, and it is not allowed to be stolen by a small person. Mu Tuanlian was responsible for the attack and took the initiative to find the Hengshan Qiang village that was in trouble with my Luling Prefecture.

Now it is the autumn harvest season, and those who make a living from farming cut off their crops, and do not even leave them grain; He who makes a living by hunting will set fire to the mountains for me, and drive all the birds and beasts away thousands of miles away; Those who live by grazing take their cattle, sheep and horses, and I see how they survive this winter. ”

As soon as Yang Hao said this, two people were startled and said in unison: "Lord Futai, don't do it." One of these two people is Cheng Dexuan, and the other is Fan Siqi.

Yang Hao had a calm expression, his eyelids twitched slightly, and he asked Cheng Dexuan, "What is Lord Cheng's opinion?" ”

Cheng Dexuan saw his yin and yang strange expression today, which was very different from the past, and knew that he was now full of anger and was forbearing, but thinking of the terrible consequences of such revenge, he still stubbornly said: "My lord, the Qiang people in Hengshan have a bad temperament, but they can fight well, since then the ridge has gone down, there are 100,000 Qiang people scattered in the Hengshan area, once they are angered, the consequences are unimaginable. In the opinion of the following officials, the conflict with the Hengshan Qiang people should be mainly appeased. ”

Yang Hao held the bookcase with both hands, and said with a smile: "Oh, tell me, how to appease?" ”

Cheng Dexuan calmed down and said: "In the opinion of the following officials, people can meet with the leaders of the Qiang people in Hengshan and mediate for them. A few small Qiang tribes near my Luling Prefecture not only did fair business with us, but some also moved their families into the valley, and these people were the best messengers. We can ask them to come forward and communicate with the Qiang leaders who are enemies of us, and follow the old practice of Linzhou and Fuzhou to buy more wealth, cloth, rice, flour, oil and salt, and give them to these Qiang tribes to ease their relations with each other.

In order to appease these Qiang people, the imperial court rewarded all the Qiang tribes. The great chiefs who manage the population of more than 100 tents are awarded the military lords of their own clan, and the population below 100 tents are awarded the position of commander, so they all have the official positions of the imperial court, and we can also use the reason of being a minister in the same palace to communicate with them and form friendships. As for these clashes, both sides have suffered casualties, and in order to settle the situation, it is not appropriate to pursue them any further. To appease the wrath of the Qiang people......"

Cheng Dexuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiaguan is an observation judge and is in charge of the laws of Luzhou. The people of the Northern Han Dynasty who moved here are mixed, and there are also those who have committed adultery and criminals, and now there are seven people who have been imprisoned and sentenced. In order to appease the anger of the Qiang people, we can put these seven prisoners to death in front of the Qiang people as the culprits who killed the Qiang people. Bribing it for profit, showing favor to it, and taking a two-pronged approach, it should be able to calm down the matter and return the peace of Luling Prefecture. I don't know what adults think? ”

Yang Hao was noncommittal, turned to Fan Siqi again, and asked, "What is Mr. Fan's opinion?" ”

It was probably the first time for Fan Siqi to speak in front of so many officials, and after a moment of slush, Fang Swelled blushed and said, "The students think that the barbarians do not know how to educate and are cruel. However, how can the people of Middle-earth follow the example of barbarians and counter violence with violence? It is possible to raise troops to resist, but it is not possible to use such cruel methods.

People are born with compassion, good and evil, respect, and right and wrong, but they have not been civilized for a long time and have blinded their minds. We are the army of the king, the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, frustrate its spirit, and show its military might. Then teach them to farm, educate them to the royal way, collect orphans and widows, make up for poverty, show them kindness and righteousness, rule with the royal way, and turn the barbarians into barbarians. This is the so-called invincible benevolence, students are foolish, adults think so? ”

"Hehe, it's really a foolish opinion!" Yang Hao was unceremonious, and after a comment, Fan Siqi's face turned red.

Yang Hao's anger that he had been holding back for a long time suddenly erupted, and he clapped the case and shouted: "Scholar's opinion! Woman's view! Stupid opinion! Hengshan Qiang people have the courage of the Qiang people, the wisdom of the Han people, living between the feudal domains for a long time, the cultivation of the ruffian has no line, the ability to see the wind and rudder, arrogant and barbaric, do not know the king's law, the more you tolerate, the more arrogant his arrogance, if you follow your idea to calm the people, it is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, Hengshan Qiang people regard me as weak and bulliful in Luling Prefecture, and it will inevitably become worse, and there will be no peace again. ”

Yang Hao's words were full of emotion, and it was Fan Siqi who was reprimanded, and Cheng Dexuan's idea was even more unbearable than Fan Siqi's, Yang Hao's reprimand for Fan Siqi was tantamount to slapping him in the face a few times, which made Cheng Dexuan's face red and very embarrassed.

"Stand down, the officials have made up their minds, and the officials of the division will prepare immediately according to the instructions of the government, without further ado, early tomorrow morning, they will launch a counteroffensive and give them a lesson that they will never forget!" Retire! ”

The officials only received the order, and retreated one by one, and Yang Hao said again: "Please stay in the wooden group practice." When there was no one in the hall, Yang Hao flashed out of his seat and stepped forward to call: "Father-in-law!" ”

Yang Hao stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Father-in-law, among the Qiang people in Hengshan, the most powerful is the Yeli clan. Although the Hengshan Qiang do not belong to each other, the larger tribes must communicate with each other frequently, so you can quickly send someone to contact Lord Sukha, and the Yeli clan will come forward to stabilize the Hengshan Qiang tribes, so as not to implicate them. ”

Li Guangcen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Hao'er, do you really want to fight?" ”

Yang Hao nodded heavily and said: "Not only do you want to fight, but you also have to fight to the death, and you have to fight with majesty, so that after ten or eight years of fighting, you will be terrified when you think of my methods in Luling Prefecture." ”

Li Guangcen said worriedly: "I have the custom of the Qiang people, if there is revenge, I will take revenge, and I will never die......"

Yang Hao interrupted him and said, "Father-in-law, if I grew up in the Xiazhou grassland since I was a child, although I am not a Qiang person, I must also follow the customs of the Qiang people. This is an instinct formed by words and deeds since childhood, and not all Qiang people will adhere to this instinct. Hengshan Qiang lives around the Hengshan Mountains, and the Hui, Tubo, and Han people live together, some farming, some hunting, some nomadic herding, the original customs and habits have been greatly changed. In addition, in order to win them over, all the forces have been indulgent to them, making them develop a slippery and scoundrel nature. Although they maintain their brave nature, at least this simple custom is far inferior to the Qiang people on the grassland. People like them, who deceive the good and fear the evil, the weak and the hard, will not do anything for the sake of an ancient custom.

Our foundation is in Luling Prefecture, and if we want to stabilize the hearts of the people in Luling, we must let these invading enemies know that they are afraid. Favors are definitely wanted, but not now. The two states of Lin Province have great strength in their own right, so they show favors, and these tribes know that they will not be able to please them, so they are willing to accept appeasement.

What do we take to caress it? In this situation, once the matter is calmed down, it makes them look down on us even more and bully people even more. If this is the case, what will the people of Luling Prefecture think? Those businessmen can't repay their hatred, and their safety is not guaranteed, who is willing to come?

Only by teaching them a hard lesson and letting them know how powerful we are is the right way to go. The so-called royal road must also be supplemented by domineering, and blindly the royal road is self-inflicted. Now that we have the Yeli Clan, and then we can envelop some big tribes through the Yeli Clan, they will not form a joint force, and what kind of wind and waves can we toss up with some small ones? We have to fight with majesty, beat them up, beat them to the point of fear, and from now on we don't dare to make trouble under our noses! in order to give confidence to the people and businessmen of Luling Prefecture"

The Qiang tribes also often fight and fight each other, such as between the Dangxiang Seven Clan and the Xiazhou Tuoba Clan, which have been constantly fighting and killing over the years, and surrendering if defeated. On the one hand, the Qiang people have a strong temperament, so there are many cases of revenge, so they are exaggerated and exaggerated, and everyone feels that they can't have a little grudge against them. On the other hand, it is also Yang Hao's means of revenge that are too vicious, so Li Guangcen is worried that those desperate Hengshan Qiang people will be desperate, and now after listening to Yang Hao's analysis, Li Guangcen can't help nodding frequently, he didn't expect Yang Hao to come here not long ago, and he has such an understanding of the local Qiang people, and he has a little confidence in his heart.

Seeing off Li Guangcen, Yang Hao returned to the lobby and sat down. The hall was silent, and he sat alone under the picture of the blue sea and red sun, frowning and contemplating. In fact, only part of his understanding of the situation of the local Qiang people was ordinary people, but more knowledge came from the knowledge of later generations. This knowledge is not necessarily the knowledge of the Qiang people of this era and this region, but the knowledge of other peoples in similar situations.

Those experiences taught him that there was a kind of person who seemed fierce and did not dare to provoke, called a scoundrel. restrained himself in the way of a gentleman, and then went to deal with these scoundrels, and all he got was a bloody lesson. Even if he is friendly with you for a while, it is only a false prosperity after you have paid a lot of money and let others suffer many grievances. At the first opportunity, this kind of glitz on the face will be immediately torn apart by the scoundrels, and it is worthless for half a penny.

A great man once said: "We will never be benevolent to the reactionary acts of the reactionaries and the reactionary classes." Yang Hao agreed, this kind of scoundrel, you must first hurt him and fear him, before he is willing to sit down obediently and listen to your reasoning, otherwise it is simply a tiger skin. Because this kind of despicable scoundrel is simply a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised.

If we want to build Luling Prefecture without a military force to rely on, it seems that it will really not be possible. The huge profits brought by commerce will objectively require the political and military forces to match it to protect him, and the only thing he can rely on is the nearest prefecture.

Thinking of this, Yang Hao sighed softly: "But after accepting the armor and weapons of Fuzhou, and accepting the training of their officers on the Luling army, it is inevitable that he will be branded as Fuzhou." Originally, he was born under Cheng Shixiong in Guangyuan, and he was already guarded by the official family. Now that he and the Fuzhou Zhe clan are going more and more, what will the Zhao official family think once they learn the news? There is also a Cheng Dexuan beside him, and it is impossible to hide these things from Kaifeng Mansion.

"Why don't you stand on the side of Zhe Yuxun and strive to become the fourth feudal clan in the northwest?"

Yang Hao shook his head, he didn't believe that in front of the eloquent Zhao Kuangyin, in front of this shrewd politician and military strategist who had been tempered for many years, he had the ability to reverse history and change the outcome of the Northwest Domain. Of the three feudatories in the northwest, only one successfully resisted the Great Song Dynasty's policy of cutting the feudal domains, and established itself as a country, and since then it has been standing with the Great Song Dynasty and the Khitan for two hundred years, and that is Great Xia. Luling Prefecture has no strategic depth, and there is no such abundant military and financial resources, even if Wuhou Zhuge Kongming and Tian Khan Li Shimin are airdropped here, it is still useless?

Yang Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Throughout the ages, there is probably no one who is in such an embarrassing situation like himself." If this matter cannot be properly resolved, it will scare off businessmen from all over the country, and my plan to rejuvenate the government by industry and commerce will no longer be possible. ”

Yang Hao was thinking about the headache, Yang Jincheng suddenly ran in happily, panting and said, "Lord Futai, Lord Futai, there is another caravan coming, and...... And there are more than 20 carts. Now it has just stopped in front of Li Yuchang's business. ”

"What, have they safely entered the state? Quickly, the government will go and see them in person. Yang Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, and now Luling Prefecture has been deserted to the point of being crowded because of the rebellion of the Qiang people in Hengshan, and the businessmen are all scared away. Now that there is such a powerful businessman coming, if he is allowed to go back and forth safely, it will be a live advertisement, which is much better than Luling Prefecture itself banging on the gong and shouting "the world is peaceful".

Yang Hao straightened his official clothes and hats, and was escorted out of the house accompanied by several officials. When I arrived outside the house, I rode my horse to the west, galloped out of the land of five arrows, and there was a row of caves leaning against the mountain wall, and more than 20 carts of healthy mules were parked in front of the caves. Many servants in Tsing Yi and small hats were carrying things down from the cart, the big bed of golden silk nanmu, the toilet with lacquered gold ornaments, the stool of the strip case, the hanger towel rack, the swallow screen, and seven or eight Peugeot little maids pinching small handkerchiefs and chirping on the side: "Tap and light, high and high, and be careful to touch the ......."

Seeing this, Yang Hao asked in surprise: "Jincheng, are you not mistaken, this is ...... Is it really a big businessman? How do I look like a big family marrying a daughter? ”